| Chapter |
Page |
| |
Introduction |
ix |
| I. |
The International Situation of Belgium Before the Conflict |
1 |
| II. |
Belgium and the European Conflict |
7 |
| III. |
The German Aggression |
26 |
| IV. |
How the Belgian Army Defended the Territory |
32 |
| Appendices |
| 1. |
Speech by the King to the Council of Ministers on
October 14th, 1936 |
53 |
| 2. |
Franco-British Declaration of April 24th, 1937 |
56 |
| 3. |
Speech in the Chamber of Representatives by M. Spaak,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, on April 29th, 1937 |
57 |
| 4. |
German Declaration of October 13th, 1937 |
67 |
| 5. |
Declaration made by King Leopold on behalf of the
Heads of the States of the Oslo Group, August 23rd, 1939 |
68 |
| 6. |
Declaration made by the Ambassador of Germany on
August 26th, 1939 |
69 |
| 7. |
Declarations made by the Ambassadors of Great Britain
and France on August 27th and 28th, 1939 |
70 |
| 8. |
Declaration of Neutrality, September 3rd, 1939 |
72 |
| 9. |
The King's Order of the Day to the Army, September 4th, 1939 |
77 |
| 10. |
Speech by the King, Broadcast to the United States on
October 27th, 1939 |
77 |
| 11. |
Telegram from Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold to the
Heads of the States of Germany, France, and Great Britain, dated November 7th, 1939 |
79 |
| 12. |
Speech in the Chamber of Representatives by Mr. Spaak,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, on December 19th, 1939 |
80 |
| 13. |
Secret Instruction to the Commander of the Second Luftflotte
found in a German Aeroplane on January 10th, 1940 |
85 |
| 14. |
Speech in the Senate by M. Spaak, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, on April 16th, 1940 |
91 |
| 15. |
Note by the Ministry of National Defence, dated March 28th,
1940, on the Defensive Works carried out since the Beginning of the Conflict |
96 |
| 16. |
Measures taken by Belgium to strengthen the National
Defence System |
97 |
| 17. |
Text of the Protest drawn up by the Belgian Government
against the German Aggression of May 10th, 1940 |
100 |
| 18. |
Proclamation by King Leopold, May 10th, 1940 |
102 |
| 19. |
German Leaflets dropped in the Belgian Lines |
102 |
| 20. |
King Leopold's Order of the Day, May 25th, 1940 |
104 |
| 21. |
Statement by Lieut.-Colonel Robert Duncan Brown,
United States Military Attaché to Belgium and Luxemburg |
104 |
| 22. |
The Belgian Campaign: Sir Roger Keyes v.
Daily Mirror. (High Court of Justice, June 13th, 1941) |
106 |
